Analysis of Lydia H. Sigourney
John Greenleaf Whittier 1807 (Haverhill) – 1892 (Hampton Falls)
She sang alone, ere womanhood had known
The gift of song which fills the air to-day
Tender and sweet, a music all her own
May fitly linger where she knelt to pray.
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 110111011 0111110111 1001010101 111011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 168 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 128 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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